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SUBMITTER: Fang G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5760645 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fang Ge G Li Weifeng W Shen Xiaomei X Perez-Aguilar Jose Manuel JM Chong Yu Y Gao Xingfa X Chai Zhifang Z Chen Chunying C Ge Cuicui C Zhou Ruhong R
Nature communications 20180109 1
Noble metal-based nanomaterials have shown promise as potential enzyme mimetics, but the facet effect and underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Herein, with a combined experimental and theoretical approach, we unveil that palladium (Pd) nanocrystals exhibit facet-dependent oxidase and peroxidase-like activities that endow them with excellent antibacterial properties via generation of reactive oxygen species. The antibacterial efficiency of Pd nanocrystals against Gram-positive bac ...[more]